Economic and financial challenges in South East Europe, and the role of the central bank as guardian of price and financial stability Gent Sejko is the Governor of the Bank of Albania and Chairman of... Read more

Poul M. Thomsen is the Director of the IMF’s European Department. He is currently in charge of the IMF’s programs with Greece and Portugal, and also oversees the work of other country teams,... Read more

State of play: targets and instruments of the ECB’s policy Inflation targeting 15 years on The limits of unconventional negative rates The ECB’s Quantitative Easing Emergency Liquidity Assistance... Read more

SEESOX Seminar Series The rise of illiberalism in South East Europe The current European crises appear to have facilitated the (re-)emergence of illiberalism as a viable alternative for political... Read more

Abstract The decision of the UK to leave the European Union is likely to have important ramifications for the Western Balkans (WB). Although direct economic linkages between the UK and the WB... Read more

Celebrating recent publications from Palgrave MacMillan-St Antony’s Series Balkan Legacies of the Great War Othon Anastasakis; David Madden; Elizabeth Roberts Economic and Policy Foundations for... Read more

In association with SEESOX During the last four decades, Turkey has been hit hard by five financial crises of which three were “homemade” and two originated globally. Despite the lack of an effective... Read more

SEESOX Seminar Series: South East European realities amid Europe’s multiple crises South East Europe currently finds itself confronted with numerous external crises, including the Eurozone, the... Read more

The first part of this presentation reviews the record, in a quantitative manner, of IMF programs in Southeastern Europe (not including Greece) over the past ten years. It also examines the evolving... Read more

In exploring competitiveness, Boris will examine European productivity trends relative to the U.S. and Asia, as well as productivity catch-up and divergence across different European economies,... Read more

ABSTRACT The Troika of the European Commission, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund, has “bailed out” troubled euro-area members—Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Cyprus. This ad hoc... Read more

An afternoon to formally commemorate our dear friend and colleague Max Watson, founder of PEFM, and long-standing associate of SEESOX. There will be an afternoon of tributes to him and his work, at... Read more

Co-organised by SEESOX and PEFM Boštjan Jazbec graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, and continued his studies at the Central European University in Budapest and Prague.... Read more